Saint-Pierre de la Couture Abbey

The former cloister

Saint-Pierre de la Couture Abbey (abbaye Saint-Pierre de la Couture) was a former Benedictine monastery in Le Mans. All that survives of it is the abbey church and some of the abbey buildings - the latter date to a rebuild between 1760 and 1775 and are now used to house the prefecture for Sarthe. Dating to the 11th century, the monastery was considered one of the most powerful in western France before the French Revolution.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "L'Histoire de l'abbaye de la Couture" (in French). L'abbaye Saint-Pierre de la Couture. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

Bibliography

  • Alain de Dieuleveult, La Couture : une abbaye mancelle au Moyen Âge (990-1518), Le Mans, Jean Vilaire, 1963
  • Henry Branchomme, L'Abbaye Saint-Pierre de la Couture, préfecture de la Sarthe, août 2009
  • Guy-Marie Oury, « La Vie monastique à l'abbaye de la Couture (XVe-XVIII siecles) », La Province du Maine, vol 133, 4th series, April-June / July-September 1981
  • Jacques Gohier, « La Couture, une abbaye bénédictine par Étienne Bouton », La Vie mancelle et sarthoise, no. 390, January-February 2007

Coordinates: 48°00′06″N 0°12′00″E / 48.0018°N 0.2000°E / 48.0018; 0.2000


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